Turkish reforms delayed
The largest reform of Turkish higher education since a 1980 military coup has been put on hold. The architect of the reform package, education minister Erkan Mumcu, has, in a surprise move, been...
The largest reform of Turkish higher education since a 1980 military coup has been put on hold. The architect of the reform package, education minister Erkan Mumcu, has, in a surprise move, been...
Brussels, 11 Mar 2004 A new Network of Excellence (NoE) on Marine Structures (MARSTRUCT) was launched in Lisbon on 4 and 5 March 2004. The network, including collaborators from 17 countries, will...
Brussels, 11 Mar 2004 A new Network of Excellence (NoE) on Marine Structures (MARSTRUCT) was launched in Lisbon on 4 and 5 March 2004. The network, including collaborators from 17 countries, will...
Brussels, 18 Sep 2003 The EU's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has used its advanced crop-yield forecasting system to predict the effects of this year's persistent drought on the upcoming harvest,...
Brussels, 12 August 2004 Responsibilities Departments [1] José Manuel BARROSO President Responsible for: Political guidance of the Commission Organisation of the Commission in order to ensure that it...
Brussels, 03 Sep 2002 The European Commission's Research DG has issued a call for tenders for support producing a European directory of local ethics committees. The European Commission intends to...
Turkey's universities are to regain autonomy under reforms passed by the new government that strip the central higher education authority of most of its powers in the biggest shake-up since the...
Turkish and Greek students will bury the hatchet when they meet in Ankara later this month in a cultural exchange designed to improve relations between them. Twenty-two Greek students will visit...
The global anticapitalist movement links millions of ordinary people worldwide and has no historical precedent. So why are so few anthropologists involved? asks Nancy Lindisfarne. The third European...
Turkish universities have sacked 53 academics in the largest purge of staff by the country's ruling higher education authority in recent years. The expulsions were carried out by the authority's...
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Munich, 02 Jul 2004 patent EP 0 169 672 On 5 July public oral proceedings will be held at the European Patent Office (EPO) in an appeal case relating to European patent EP 0 169 672. The patented...
Turkish academics are pushing to overturn a rule introduced last month banning them from universities if they "attack" the state. An assistant at Sanurfa University in southern Turkey has already...
Mark McGowan intends to pay his student loan in kind by rolling a peanut across London On September 1, I will start pushing a monkey nut seven miles across London. With my nose. I have just finished...
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